Fourth Annual DyeStat Dual Meet Championship Tournament

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor 

It's that time of year again to dig through the database and find the best hypothetical high school dual meet teams in the country.

Building upon the past three years, we are rolling out a make-believe tournament, crunching the numbers with our database at Athletic.net, and scoring the matchups. Last year we revealed winning teams from Hoover AL (boys) and Chandler AZ (girls).

Here are the ground rules.

- Each team that is listed in the tournament is a state champion. (In the case of California, because of its huge population, you have to be a state champion or a section champion). 

- Performances used for the tournament are from the spring season and include marks all the way through New Balance Nationals and USATF Juniors.

- Scoring is 5-3-1 for the top three placewinners in all events that both schools participate in, along with 5-0 for the relays.

- A particular athlete can only "participate" in four events. 

- There are 32 teams in the bracket; 16 from West of the Mississippi River, 16 from the East.

- The boys bracket is scored by Mike Newman of Athletic.net; the girls bracket is scored by Erik Boal of DyeStat.

2019 First-Round Matchups

Girls West

Valor Christian CO vs Lone Peak UT

Calabasas CA vs Centennial NV

South Eugene OR vs Tahoma WA

DeSoto TX vs Edmond Memorial OK

Chandler AZ vs Rosemount MN

Eagle ID vs Bozeman MT

Lee’s Summit West MO vs Fargo Davies ND

Buchanan CA vs Lancaster TX

Girls East

Panther Creek NC vs Buford GA

Union Catholic NJ vs Warwick PA

Homewood-Flossmoor IL vs Lakota East OH

St. Thomas Aquinas FL vs James Clemens AL

Campbell GA vs Hillcrest SC

Western Branch VA vs North Central IN

Muskego WI vs Bullis School MD

Miami Northwestern FL vs Oak Park MI 

Boys West

Chandler AZ vs Clovis North CA

Fayetteville AR vs Broken Arrow OK

Tualatin OR vs Walla Walla WA

Rocky Mountain ID vs Sentinel MT  

Long Beach Poly CA vs Bishop Gorman NV

Hopkins MN vs Hazelwood West MO

Syracuse UT vs Valor Christian CO    

Fort Bend Marshall TX vs Cleveland NM

Boys East

Hoover AL vs Shiloh GA

East Kentwood MI vs Kimberly WI

Columbus FL vs Lowell MA

Crete-Monee IL vs North Central IN

Bloomfield CT vs Pickerington Central OH

Christian Brothers Academy NJ vs Bishop Hendricken RI

Weddington NC vs Brentwood TN

Lloyd C Bird VA vs Northwest MD